愜

See also: 惬

愜 U+611C, 愜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-611C ← 愛 [U+611B] CJK Unified Ideographs 愝 → [U+611D]

Translingual

Han character

愜 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心尸大人 (PSKO), four-corner 9101₃, composition ⿰忄匧)

1. be satisfied, be comfortable

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 395, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10949
• Dae Jaweon: page 733, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2325, character 13
• Unihan data for U+611C

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Chinese

trad.		愜
simp.		惬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
瘞	*qrebs
瘱	*qeːbs
脥	*kʰemʔ
浹	*skaːb, *skeːb
挾	*skaːb, *ɡeːb
夾	*kreːb
郟	*kreːb
筴	*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
裌	*kreːb
鵊	*kreːb
狹	*ɡreːb
峽	*ɡreːb
硤	*ɡreːb
陜	*ɡreːb
陿	*ɡreːb
翜	*sraːb, *srɯːb
梜	*kraːb, *keːb
頰	*keːb
莢	*keːb
鋏	*keːb
蛺	*keːb
唊	*keːb
悏	*kʰeːb
匧	*kʰeːb
愜	*kʰeːb
篋	*kʰeːb
俠	*ɡeːb
綊	*ɡeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰeːb) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 匧 (OC *kʰeːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hip³ / hip⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): kiék
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): giab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hip³ / hip⁶
    • Yale: hip / hihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hip⁸ / hip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hib³ / hib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːp̚³/, /hiːp̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiap̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: khep

Rime
Character	愜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦協切
Baxter	khep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛp̚/
Li Rong	/kʰep̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	愜
Reading #	1/1
No.	5913
Phonetic component	夾
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	愜
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːb/
Notes	說文心在下

Definitions

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References

• “愜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

愜

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. be satisfied
2. be comfortable

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
• Kun: こころよい (kokoroyoi)

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Korean

Hanja

愜 (eum 협 (hyeop))

1. be satisfied
2. be comfortable

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Vietnamese

Han character

愜: Hán Nôm readings: khép, khiếp, thiếp

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References

• Nom Foundation